How do I better estimate where an asset is? (Internal)

Troverlo Web Portal Features To Improve Locating Assets

Troverlo has developed a number of features to help with finding assets. These features can be used in various combinations to help improve locating an asset. Please keep in mind that each use case and scenario will have it's own nuances so it can be best to play with the features to figure out what works best for your scenario.

Below are the key features available for your use:

• Time and Volume Filters
  • From-To: These fields can be used to search for where an asset was over a specific time period. 
  • Last Minutes: This field will filter the results to only show you observations from the last X number of minutes. This can be helpful for quickly narrowing down observations to find when an asset stopped moving. 
  • # of Last Observations: This field will filter the results to only show you the last X number of observations. This can be helpful when you have a lot of data, don't know specific timeframes, but want to see where the asset was most recently).
• Accuracy Filters
  • Accuracy (meters): This field filters observations based on the estimated distance between the observing device (reader, Global Observation Network device, Autonomo device) and the asset. 
  • Show Accuracy: Selecting this toggle turns on accuracy bubbles showing the estimated distance from the observing device that the asset is located. 
• Toggles
  • Latest: The latest toggle shows only the last observation of the tag. This gives you an idea of where the asset was last seen which is helpful when looking at a large number of observations. 
  • Clusters: This combines nearby observations into a single point. This is helpful for seeing the average location of where an asset might be. 
    
    

Strategies for estimating the location of an asset

The below strategies can be used as a starting point for better estimating the location of your asset.

• Readers moving around an asset (Equipment/Inventory Yard Use Case)
  • Use the Accuracy (meters) filter to find higher accuracy observations. Best practice is to start around 30 meters and adjust based on the number of observations returned. 
  • Turn on Clusters to give the average location of the observations
  • Use # of Last Observations to further narrow down observations to ensure you are only looking at recent observations within the accuracy filter. 
  • The values used in the accuracy and last # of observations fields should be moved around to test and see which values give the best results. 
  • Another best practice if you are getting multiple locations with clusters of observations is to toggle the Latest observation and reduce the accuracy to see where the most recent, high accuracy observation is. This will help you know where to look. 
• Static readers with assets (Warehouse Use Case)
  • Use the Accuracy (meters) filter to find higher accuracy observations. Best practice is to start around 30 meters and adjust based on the number of observations returned. 
  • Show Accuracy to see overlapping bubbles. Assets will be in the locations where the bubbles overlap the most frequently. 
  • Use # of Last Observations to reduce the number of observations if results are too scattered - could be that the asset has moved in your current results